Spirit Airlines Fires Agent for Wrongly Boarding Child on Flight

The six-year-old was mistakenly sent to Orlando instead of Fort Myers, leading to a 160-mile drive for his grandmother.

Spirit Airlines has fired the gate agent who put a 6-year-old unaccompanied minor on the wrong flight.
The child was supposed to fly from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida, but was mistakenly put on a flight to Orlando.
The child's grandmother, Maria Ramos, had to drive nearly 160 miles from Fort Myers to Orlando to pick up the boy.
Spirit Airlines has launched an internal investigation into the incident and is in communication with the child's family.
The airline has reiterated its procedures to its team to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.